---
title: Go to Production
description: Move from the sandbox to a production deployment
canonical: https://www.paradedb.com/docs/start/go-to-production
---

The Getting Started flow teaches you how to search, retrieve vectors,
rank, filter, and aggregate inside Postgres using ParadeDB. To go to production, you’ll need to choose a deployment option, configure indexes for your queries, and size your infrastructure for your workload.

## Production Checklist

1. Choose the [deployment option](/operate/deploy/overview) that works best for you.
2. Load your data or [replicate it from an existing managed Postgres database](/operate/deploy/logical-replication/getting-started).
3. Connect your app to your ParadeDB deployment.
4. Create and [tune](/operate/performance-tuning/overview) your indexes for production scale.
5. Confirm queries use ParadeDB with [`EXPLAIN`](/concepts/architecture#custom-scan).
6. Review the [upgrade](/operate/deploy/upgrading) and maintenance guides.
7. Set up [monitoring](/operate/index-maintenance/verify-index) for query performance and index growth.

When something does not look right, compare the query plan with the relevant
query reference page and the [Read Throughput](/operate/performance-tuning/reads)
notes.